Parents and health and service providers play key roles in supporting youth during reentry, defined as the six-month period following release from incarceration. During reentry, parents and providers help youth overcome various challenges, as well as address high medical and behavioral healthcare needs. We used thematic analysis to understand parent and provider perspectives on youth responses to adversity during reentry as it relates to youths’ health and wellbeing. In total, we examined 52 interviews conducted with 34 parents of youth undergoing reentry. Parents participated in longitudinal interviews, with the first interview occurring one month after youth release and follow-up interviews at three and six months post-release. We also examined 20 interviews done with providers who serve youth undergoing reentry. The sample of health and service providers included medical and behavioral health providers in community and correctional health settings, as well as leaders in education, juvenile justice, and correctional healthcare. Interviews were conducted in Los Angeles County between 2016 and 2018. In our analyses, we identified themes on the types of adversity youth experience during reentry, as well as youths’ health-related behavioral responses to the adversity. Parents and providers shared that: 1) youth face challenges tied to the reentry process; 2) youth return to ongoing challenges in their environments upon reentry; 3) youth engage in health-promoting behavioral responses to adversity; and 4) youth engage in health-detracting behavioral responses to adversity. Parent and provider perspectives suggest a need to expand systems of support to facilitate health-promoting responses to adversity during reentry in order to improve youths’ long-term health and reentry success.

父母，健康和服务提供者在支持青少年重返监狱方面起着关键作用，重返监狱被定义为从监禁释放后的六个月期间。在折返期间，父母和提供者可以帮助青年克服各种挑战，并满足较高的医疗和行为保健需求。我们使用主题分析来了解父母和提供者对青年在再入期间应对逆境的看法，因为这与青年的健康和福祉有关。我们总共审查了对34位接受再入学的青年父母进行的52次访谈。父母参加了纵向采访，第一次采访发生在青年释放后的一个月，而后续采访则在释放后的三个月和六个月。我们还检查了与服务于重返青年的服务提供者进行的20次访谈。健康和服务提供者的样本包括社区和矫正健康场所中的医疗和行为健康提供者，以及教育，少年司法和矫正医疗领域的领导者。访谈于2016年至2018年在洛杉矶县进行。在我们的分析中，我们确定了与折返期间青年经历的逆境类型有关的主题，以及青年对逆境的健康相关行为应对方式。家长和提供者分享：1）青年面临与重返工作过程相关的挑战；2）年轻人在重返工作岗位后又回到了自身环境中不断挑战的境地；3）青年对逆境进行健康促进的行为反应；（4）年轻人对逆境进行有损健康的行为反应。